Canadian Hurricane Centre forecasters keeping eye on tropical storm Rafael

HALIFAX – The Canadian Hurricane Centre says it’s too early to say how tropical storm Rafael could impact Atlantic Canada later this week.

U.S.-based forecasters said the storm’s centre was about 465 kilometres north of San Juan, Puerto Rico, early today.

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Rafael is expected to become a hurricane as it continues to swirl toward Bermuda with maximum sustained winds near 110 km/h.

Forecasters with the hurricane centre in Halifax say they are also monitoring the storm’s development.

Computer models suggest a range of tracks, from just east of Cape Breton to well offshore southeast of Newfoundland either Wednesday or Thursday.

The centre says Rafael will most likely transition into a post-tropical storm with high winds and heavy rain as it nears the region.